Forum Newsfront
January, 1983
House of AssignationSan Francisco—The California Court of Appeal has decided that the word assignation—as in keeping a house "used for the purpose of assignation or prostitution"—is unconstitutionally vague and has ordered charges dismissed against a man accused of operating a brothel. The decision noted that when the law was passed, in 1872, assignation was understood to denote conduct involving "the commercial exploitation of illicit sexual activities." Today, it means a tr...
